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EU agrees on new legislation to tame internet 'Wild West'

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Belgium on March 7, 2022. © Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool, Reuters

The European Union early Saturday finalised new legislation to require Big Tech to remove harmful content, the bloc's latest move to rein in the world's online giants.

The Digital Services Act (DSA) -- the second part of a massive project to regulate tech companies -- aims to ensure tougher consequences for platforms and websites that host a long list of banned content ranging from hate speech to disinformation and child sexual abuse images.

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